As we head into Winter with our hats, scarves and gloves, we decided to read Jack Frost. We described him as white and spiky with a sharp nose and round toes. He appeared in the story no less than 20 times!

After reading Jack Frost we made some of our own ‘frost’ using sticks and sugar. We made a sugary syrup, sprinkled the sticks with sugar and left them dipped in the syrup. It took a whole week but we managed to wait patiently while sugar crystals grew on the sticks. They were sparkly and tasty!

We also did some Jack Frost crafts, including Mrs Greenwood’s famous marble painting which looks amazing and so much fun! We also made some of our Jack Frost pictures using water paints to make a winter sky background going from dark blue, to light blue, to the white snow on the ground. On top of that we snipped spiky pieces of paper for Jack Frost, drawing on his arms and legs in chalk.

During that time we were able to explore the real frost and ice outside. We could crack it, see through it and melt it using our hands. We talked about were ice comes from and brought some inside to experiment on, discovering what happened when we added water to it.

Watch out for the next time Jack Frost visits your house!

Jack Frost in Nursery

Kindness Week

It was kindness week in November and we had a visit from the Kindness Elves! There was a story, telling us how they love to do kind things but need our help as they are only small. They sent Nursery a postcard encouraging them to help spread kindness. Some children cut out hearts to give to others, which had kind words on. Some children used the random acts of kindness challenge cards to get ideas. We ended up with some beautiful pictures and thank you cards being made for lots of different people. The children also posted kind things to the kindness elves too, through their tiny letterbox.

What other kind things can you do at home? Look up random acts of kindness for ideas.

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“Parents are children’s first and most enduring educators. When parents and practitioners work together in early years settings, the results have a positive impact on children’s development and learning.” The Early Years Foundation Stage: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children form birth to five (published 2007 by Department for Children Schools and Families )